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GENERAL SURGERY
Héctor Calvo, MD earned his medical degree in 1970 from the University of Nuevo Leon Medical School. He completed his residency work at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas between July 1972 and June 1976. In his 30 years of practice as a physician, Dr. Calvo has completed courses dealing with Laparoscopic
surgery at San Antonio, Texas, the Tucson Medical Center in Arizona, and at Texas University in Houston. He studied Vascular and General Surgery Actualizations at Harvard University in 1992. Dr. Calvo has also completed numerous courses in vascular surgery and
oncology courses at San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Calvo is a member of the Surgeons College of Nuevo Leon, the Texas Medical Society, the Emergency Society of Nuevo Leon and has been a member of the American General Surgery Society since 1999, and the American Medical Association, since 1976. He has been licensed to practice in the U.S. since 1975.
Dr. Calvo is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has been a General Surgery professor at ISSSTE Hospital in Mexico and a General surgery professor at the ITESM School of Medicine, also located in Mexico, since 1978.
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Medical School
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León School of Medicine, Monterrey, México. 1963 - 1969
Pre-internship and internship from June 1969 to December 1970
Professional examination: March 1970
Residency
General Surgery - Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas July 1972 - June 1976
Internship
Memorial Medical Center, Corpus-Christi, Texas
January 1971- June 1972
Post degree courses
Laparoscopic surgery at San Antonio, Texas,
Tucson Medical Center, Arizona 1998
Texas University in Houston 1994
Vascular and general surgery actualizations, Harvard University, 1992
Vascular surgery and oncology courses at San Antonio, Texas
Course on diabetic foot treatment at San Antonio, Texas, December 2001
MEMBERSHIPS
Surgeons College of Nuevo Leon
General Surgeons College of Nuevo Leon
Texas Medical Society
Emergency Society of Nuevo Leon
American General Surgery Society, since 1999
American Medical Association, since 1976
PROFESIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
• Sub director & director at ISSSTE Hospital of Monterrey 1978-1981
• License to practice in Texas (E3660) since 1975 (effective until 2008)
• Certified by the Mexican Board of General Surgery in 1978, recertified in 1996
and 2002
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) since October 1997
• General surgery professor at ISSSTE Hospital since 1978
• General surgery professor at ITESM School of Medicine since 1978
• General surgery professor at University of Monterrey, since 1990.
• Synodal at the Mexican Board of General Surgery in Monterrey, Mexico
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